****** The killer is revealed - I hope you enjoy! ******

Back at the hospital, Steve's Doctor came in and Kono left the room so he could perform his exam.
"You're doing very well Steve, very well indeed. Rate your pain for me on a scale of 1-10"
"It's not too bad, a 4….5 maybe"

"Okay, good. Now let me check out your wound" Pulling back the covers and lifting his gown, the Doctor pealed back the bandaging. He gently touched the tender, still bruised flesh and added, "It looks really good. You're not showing any signs of infection and your urine is now clear. I want you to get up a bit, but don't overdo it. For now, just walk to the bathroom and back. You're going to be weak, dizzy and light-headed so it's important that you don't push it. Do you understand?"

"Yes Doctor, I understand"
The Doctor smiled and added, "You have a reputation around here for not following orders very well"
Danny chimed in, "We'll watch him closely Doc, I promise"
"Good" Then turning back to Steve he said, "Let's get this catheter out now alright?"
Steve smirked, "Yes please!"

He removed the catheter, and he also removed the prods from his chest stating, "Your heart rate has been strong and steady, I don't see any issues here" He also removed two of the IV lines from Steve's upper hand leaving him only connected to the line supplying him with saline. Grinning the Doctor then asked, "So are you ready to try to get up?"

Steve smiled back, "Yes sir, I am"
With Danny's assistance, the Doctor pulled Steve up, flinging his legs over the edge of the bed. Chin knelt down and put hospital slippers onto his feet and then looking at his two friends, Steve said, "Let's do this boys"

The Doctor stepped back a couple of feet and as Steve placed his arms around their shoulders, Danny and Chin pulled him to his feet.
He leaned heavily against them and tipping his head back, he closed his eyes.
The Doctor moved close and asked, "Are you okay Steve?"
"Yeah…..just a little dizzy"
"That's normal, just relax and try to take deep breaths"

Danny was holding onto his partner tightly and he spoke softly, "You're doing great. There's no hurry…..just relax"
"Yeah…..'m good Danno…just gimme a minute"
A couple of minutes passed before Steve opened his eyes and looking straight ahead, he said "I'm ready"
Danny began to chatter, "Okay, but do this slowly? I don't want you falling on that pretty face of yours"
Steve smiled weakly, "Yes, Doctor Danno"

They moved slowly as Steve shuffled across the floor. They made it to the window and looking out Steve stated softly, "It's a beautiful day in paradise isn't it guys"
The Doctor smiled, "I can have the Nurse bring in a wheelchair so you can go outside for a bit and get some fresh air if you'd like"
"I'd love that Doc, thanks"
Steve's grip on his partner's shoulder tightened and Danny asked, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah I'm just tired…..it's good to be up though"

Danny responded, "Let's get you back to bed then, can you walk?"
Steve smirked, "Of course I can walk Danny"
Danny laughed softly, "I know…..…silly question. Come on, let's go"

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Once Steve was settled back into the bed, the Doctor left and Kono returned.
As she entered the room Danny suddenly said. "Oh my God, Sarah….."
Steve moaned slightly as he maneuvered himself in bed, "Sarah? Who's Sarah?"
Pausing a few seconds, Danny responded "Sarah Ennis. She's an elderly neighbor of Tracy's. I talked to her a couple of times. Once she was sitting in a chair out on her first floor patio"

Steve said, "But HPD interviewed the neighbors Danny"
"She may not have seen anything that night Steve but she knew Tracy"
Steve shook his head, "So Sarah may have seen Butch"
"It's possible. She might not even think she saw something that could help us"

Steve held out his hand, "Let me use your phone partner"
Danny handed him his phone and Steve dialed Duke, "Duke, its McGarrett….yes, I'm much better thank you…..Duke, can you check the list of neighbors that your guys interviewed and tell me if a Sarah Ennis was interviewed?"

Danny added, "Apartment 108 Steve"
"Duke, she lives in Apartment 108…okay, thank you"
Hanging up and handing the phone back to Danny, Chin asked, "How do you want to handle this boss?"
"I need you to head over to the apartment complex and talk to Sarah. See if she remembers seeing ANYONE other than Danny with Tracy over the last few weeks. If she has, I need you to take her to HPD Headquarters to put together a composite drawing. I'll call you when I hear back from Duke"

"Got it" As he was leaving the room he turned and smiled, "We'll find who's behind this. You two hang in there"

As he was nearing the apartment Chin took Steve's call.
"What did he say Steve?"
"They only interviewed the other tenants on her floor Chin. If she doesn't get out much, she may not even know what's happened"
"Okay, I'll call you soon"

Sarah Ennis answered the light rap on her door and smiled at the young Asian man who held out his badge to her.
"Hello, my name is Chin Ho Kelly. I work on the Governor's 5-0 task force along with Danny Williams"
"Danny" She smiled broadly, "He's a beautiful and kind young man"
Chin smiled back at her, "Yes, he is ma'am. He's in trouble and I'm hoping I can ask you a few questions"
The smiles on both their faces disappeared as the elderly woman asked, "Oh no…has he been hurt?"
"He's okay ma'am but he's in some legal trouble"
She stepped back, "Please come in Officer Kelly"
As they entered the tiny apartment she asked "Would you like some tea or lemonade young man?"
"No thank you ma'am, I'm fine.

They sat at the kitchen table and Sarah inquired, "Please tell me what's happening with Danny?"
Chin told her what had happened to Tracy and that Danny was being set-up for her murder.
"My goodness, who would do that? Danny is such a wonderful boy"
"Yes ma'am he is, but unfortunately in our line of work we have a lot of enemies"
"Such a shame….what can I do to help?"

"We believe there is a man involved in this who may have had a past relationship with Tracy. We're wondering if you may have seen anyone else with her over the last few weeks?"
Sarah shook her head softly, "I knew there was something between those two….I could feel it in my bones"
Chin's heart skipped excitedly as he asked, "You saw someone Sarah?"
"Yes, a few days ago. I knew she was seeing Danny, but I saw her with this man and I could tell that they shared a past. I've been around the block a few times young man"

Chin smiled warmly and said, "Sarah, can you come with me down to Police Headquarters and work with an artist to draw a composite of this man"

"Of course. I'll do everything I can to help"
"Thank you Ma'am"
She reached over and patted Chin's hand, "Please dear boy, please call me Sarah"
He smiled at her warmly, "Only if you'll call me Chin"
"It's a deal, Chin"

Enroute to the station Chin called and gave Kono the information Sarah had given him and let her know that he would be back to the hospital as soon as the drawing was done.

It was almost four o'clock when Sarah finished the composite and the artist handed Chin the completed drawing. The detective felt the blood drain from his face as stared into the eyes of... Stan Edwards.

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Danny had helped Steve change into a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt and he and Kono had wheeled him outside to get some fresh air. Danny was sitting on the ground with his back up against a tree as Kono sat on a small bench directly across from him, with Steve next to her in his chair.

Steve had a blanket over his lap and they were chatting as Kono's phone rang.
"Hi Chin"
"Kono, I need to talk to Steve"
Handing him the phone, the SEAL said, "Chin, what have you found out?"
"Steve….…it's Stan"
"What? Are you sure?"
"There's no question about it, the composite drawing is a dead ringer" Steve was silent on the other end of the phone and Chin asked, "How do you want to handle this?"

"Is Duke there?"
"Yes"
"Fill him in and then wait until I call you back…good work Chin"
Hanging up the phone, Steve sighed deeply as Danny asked, "Steve, what is it?"
"We have to go now. Kono, where are you parked?" As the words were leaving his mouth, he tossed the blanket off his lap and pushed himself up out of the wheelchair.

Danny leapt to his feet and moved quickly to his partner, "WHOA, WHOA, WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?"
Steve's hand grasped at his injured lower back as Danny grabbed his upper arms.
"Danny, we've got to go now!"
"Go where? What did Chin find?" Danny looked into Steve's eyes and the fear in them was evident. Danny asked again, "Steve, talk to me…."

"Danny, Sarah identified the man she saw with Tracy…..buddy, it's Stan"
Danny said softly, "Oh my God…"
Danny pulled out his phone and Steve said firmly, "Danny wait listen to me, we're going to get him but we need to be smart about this"

"Jesus Christ Steven, my daughter is with that monster….Rachel and Charlie are with him"
"I know, but he doesn't know we're on to him"
Danny was shaking, "How do you know that for sure? I told Rachel that Chin was flying to Ohio to talk to Tracy's family. She could have told Stan….." Danny ran a hand through his hair saying softly, "Oh shit…... oh shit… oh shit…"

Steve looked at Kono and again asked, "Where's your car?"
"In the main lot"
"Okay, let's go"
Danny jumped in, "You're not going anywhere Steve"
"The hell I'm not. I told you, we're going to get him" Steve looked his partner in the eye, "I'm fine Danno and YOU CANNOT be there, do you hear me?"

"To use your words Steven, 'the hell I'm not'…" Tears welled in his eyes and his voice shook, "He has my baby girl"
Steve grabbed his friends forearms tightly, "Okay we're going to do this together buddy. You have to trust me and trust our team. Now get me to the car"
Sitting back into the wheelchair, Danny pushed him quickly across the lawn as Steve dialed Duke.

"Duke, I need you and Chin to meet us at the Exxon station at the corner of McKinley Street"
"I called the Governor Steve, he's fine with us working jointly on this but Danny CANNOT be involved"
"Danny's going to be there, but he won't be involved. Don't worry, I'll deal with Denning"
"How many units do you want me to bring"
"We need to keep this small Duke, we're not sure if Stan is on to us but it's four thirty and the odds are that Rachel and the kids are in the house with him"

"Okay, we'll meet you there Steve"
As they neared Kono's car, Steve pulled the IV from his hand and staunched the bleeding with his fingers. Soon they were racing towards the gas station.
Steve looked to his partner sitting nervously in the back seat, "Danny relax, we'll get them out…. everything will be alright"

Once at the gas station Kono popped the trunk and Danny helped Steve put on a Kevlar vest.
"I don't like this Steve, you're too weak to be doing this"
"Danny, trust me…I'm going to get them out of there….I promise you"

Duke and Chin arrived along with three other HPD officers and as they all prepared their weapons, Steve told them of his plan.

A short time later they were driving the short distance to the Edwards home.

At the house Charlie was up in his room sleeping and Gracie was working on her homework at the kitchen table as Rachel was preparing dinner.
Stan was upstairs in his office. Since hearing that Chin was flying to Ohio to talk to Tracy's family he had been very nervous. Although she had been estranged from her Mother when they were dating back in college, he had met her younger sister, Heather a couple of times. From what he remembered, he didn't think Heather ever knew his real name but he had lost touch with Tracy for fifteen years. He had no idea if she ever told her family his real name. He laughed nervously as he stood staring out the window that overlooked his front yard. How could he have been so stupid? He should have known that he couldn't come between Danny and Steve….Rachel had told him several times that those two were as close as brothers. He had a horrible feeling that they were on to him and moments later his fears were confirmed as over the hedges that lined his perfectly manicured lawn he saw the red car and two police squad cars that pulled up in front of his next door neighbors' house.

The end was near. In that moment Stan Edwards made his decision….if he couldn't have his family, no one would…especially Danny Williams. Taking a loaded gun from his office safe, he made his way downstairs.

****** SO, I know many of you felt Stan was behind this…and you are obviously right…but why is he doing this? I hope you are enjoying, and next up…the showdown. I'd love to hear your thoughts as always! ******